A Three-Tier Approach for Composition of Real-Time Embedded Software Stacks

Abstract. Many component models and frameworks have been proabstract and capture concerns from Real-Time and Embedded application domains, based on high-level component-based approaches. However, these approaches tend to propose their own fixed-set abstractions and ad-hoc runtime platforms, whereas the current trend emphasizes more flexible solutions, as embedded systems must constantly integrate new functionalities, while preserving performance. In this paper, we present a two-fold contribution addressing this statement. First, we propose to express these concerns in a decoupled way from the comcepted structural abstractions inherent to CBSE, and provide a framework to implement them in open and extensible runtime containers. Second, we propose a three-tier approach to composition where application, containers and the underlying operating system are designed using components. Supporting a homogeneous design space allows applying tion techniques at these three abstraction layers show...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2010
• Where: CBSE
• Authors: Frédéric Loiret, Lionel Seinturier, Laurence Duchien, David Servat
• Keywords: Abstraction, Ad-hoc Runtime Platforms, CBSE 2010, Many Component Models, Software Engineering